Why Rainn Wilson Loves Paramedics & Thinks Dwight Schrute Is MAHA

The Checkup with Doctor Mike

DM Operations Inc.

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Huge thanks to Rainn Wilson for coming on the pod! Check out his new movie "Code 3" now.

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00:00 Intro

00:51 Code 3

08:31 Pharmacy Benefit Managers

09:45 Price Transparency

12:04 Investing In Primary Care

14:00 My Insurance Proposal

15:28 DMV As Healthcare

22:20 Mistreatment Of Front Line Workers

27:18 His House Burnt Down

31:40 Rainn’s Doctor / Mental Health

40:19 Bullying and Social Media

48:40 The Soul

1:00:20 Trauma

1:14:55 Dwight Schrute

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1:29.7	Do you think Dwight would support the Maha movement?
1:34.8	I think Dwight would be beyond Maha.
1:41.2	What's beyond Maha ha ha ha. he probably creates his own vaccines involving like goat urine and nettles.
1:50.5	Welcome back to the checkup podcast. Today's guest is Rain Wilson, the actor, author, and producer who turned Dwight Shrewd from the office into a cultural icon. Super excited to have him on to
2:03.1	discuss his new movie Code 3, where he takes on the harsh reality of being a frontline health care
2:08.8	worker. In our convo, we get real about frontline healthcare work. We explore spirituality,
2:14.2	our mental health. And yes, he even lets me sort of perform a medical procedure on him.
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